Mitch Kupchak

Poor Lakers. Even if Dwight Howard walks and Metta World Peace gets amnestied, they're still too far over the salary cap to chase any big-name free agents. Silly NBA rules. Along those lines, a sad-looking quote stood out as players and staffers slogged...

Forward Devin Ebanks won't be back with the Lakers next season after falling far, far out of the rotation. While former coach Mike Brown was willing to play Ebanks, in early November the third-year forward was arrested on suspicion of DUI. From that...

A compilation of all of the Lakers' postmortem material recently published in your paper would read something akin to "War and Peace." Hey, they had a rough season, they have some decisions to make and the future is uncertain. Enough said. Bud Chapman...

It will be the story of the Lakers' off-season, they hope without anything remotely resembling "The Decision." Will Dwight Howard stay or go? Howard said this week he deserved "the right to be happy" and he has a handful of choices to mull in free...

For the Mike D'Antoni detractors, there certainly doesn't seem to be any momentum for pushing him out as coach of the Lakers. As reported by Lauren Beale of the Times, D'Antoni has purchased a $6.9-million home in Manhattan Beach. D'Antoni left the...

Veteran forward Antawn Jamison agreed to come to the Lakers in the off-season, signing a one-year deal at the minimum ($1.35 million). At the time, he believed the Lakers would give him a shot at an NBA championship. Jamison's contribution fluctuated...

Now that the season has ended for the Lakers, there's time to reflect on the past and look ahead to the future. Most of the material over the coming months here on the Lakers Now blog will focus on what the Lakers can do in preparation for next season....

  Join Times Lakers writer Mike Bresnahan and NBA editor Barry Stavro today at 11:30 a.m. for a live video discussion about the end of the Lakers season, and the impending end of the Clippers' season. The Lakers' season came to a halt on Sunday, and...

On farewell day, they waved until their hands hurt. Kobe Bryant pleaded for Lakers management to pay millions to Dwight Howard, millions to Pau Gasol, millions for the luxury tax, anything to keep the Lakers together for the final year of his contract....

There's unanimity within the Lakers. Kobe Bryant and General Manager Mitch Kupchak both want Dwight Howard to return. There's also a problem within the Lakers: Howard isn't so sure. He declined to reveal which way he was leaning after his one-year run...

The busiest man on the Lakers' payroll this off-season will be, as usual, General Manager Mitch Kupchak. And the most pressing question will be Dwight Howard. Will he or won't he sign with the Lakers when free agency begins July 1 -- if not sooner?...

Dwight Howard will take some time away from basketball as he contemplates his future. "I'm going to take my time, get away from the game, my phones and everything and just clear my head," Howard said Tuesday after his exit meeting at the Lakers' El...